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Held in Winnipeg each August since 1969, Folklorama is North
America's largest and longest-running multicultural festival,
featuring pavilions celebrating 40-plus ethnic cultures. Scouts
from Walt Disney World come to Folklorama regularly to book
entertainment for Epcot Center Performances. The World Tourism
Organization voted Folklorama the festival that best depicts
Canadian culture. *
Aboriginal Peoples
Television Network
(APTN), headquartered
in Winnipeg, is the first
national Aboriginal
network in the world.
The largest collection of
Ukrainian-language books
outside the Ukraine is housed
in the Oseredok Ukrainian
Cultural and Educational
Centre in Winnipeg.
At about 56,000 people,
Winnipeg has the highest
per capita population of
Filipinos living outside the
Philippines.
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More than 100 languages
are spoken in Winnipeg.
Photo
Courtesy
Lance
Thomson
Photographic
